Is it obligatory to inform a suitor that a girl previously suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder and continues to take medication that reduces the likelihood of the illness returning, especially since there is a small (5%) chance of the illness being inherited by children?
Starting the engagement with a sin when a young man and woman get to know each other and go out together before the marriage contract, because the fiancée is a stranger to him before the contract. And the meticulousness of the brothers in specifying the characteristics of the wife does not indicate idealism, for whoever seeks a righteous woman must overlook simple matters. The defect that must be mentioned to the suitor is that which invalidates the marriage, and that is every matter from which the other party recoils and which does not fulfill the purpose of marriage. As for obsessive-compulsive disorder from which she has recovered, it is not necessary to mention it to the suitor.
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